PC_Products/MP_8100/A9951_x.jpg' alt='How Do You Patch A Plaster Pool' title='How Do You Patch A Plaster Pool' />Grab your scissors, grab your glue Find hundreds of Disneyinspired art and craft ideas for kids of all ages including holiday and seasonal crafts, decorations and more. Call Our InGround Liner Experts 18009837665. Call now to place your order ensure you have chosen the perfectliner for your pool How to remove and prevent stains on a fiberglass pool keep the gelcoat looking good, and last a long time with these tips. My Plaster Box 2 Humiliation Riptieron SoloM wrap plaster encase stuck caught Fm hum torment climax consreluct X continued from part 1. Welcome to PoolAndSpa. We Bring The World Of Pools And Spas Right To Your Front Door Swimming Pool And Hot Tub Parts Supplies, HowTo Articles Videos. PC_Products/MP_8100/A9950_x.jpg' alt='How Do You Patch A Plaster Pool' title='How Do You Patch A Plaster Pool' />Shocking or Super Chlorinating your swimming pool. Rob Coxby Rob Cox, January 1. Shocking vs. Super Chlorinating your swimming pool. Shocking the pool to many people this means to pour in their chlorine powder once per week whether they need it or not. La Vista Pagsanjan Resort And Hotel. Although a healthy practice from a sanitation standpoint, regular and unnecessary shocking may lead to a buildup of chloramines and an unnecessary lightening of the wallet. Superchlorinating the pool is this different from shocking the pool Many think not, and use the terms interchangeably. I therefore offer this distinct distinction Shocking Shocking the pool occurs when you have reached whats known as breakpoint chlorination. This is a threshold that is achieved when the ppm parts per million of chlorine reaches 1. X the level of chloramines present in the pool water. If you go only 9. When breakpoint chlorination is reached, imagine a lighting bolt ripping through the water, shocking everything in the pool at a microscopic level. With such a high level of chlorine in the water, every molecule floating around is broken apart, and every pathogen or bacteria strain floating around suffers from the shock, with the invasive chlorine molecule overpowering it, and ripping it apart from the inside out. If we could watch the process on the big screen, it would surely look rather violent. Super Chlorination This is a bump to your chlorine level, just a boost, to handle growing algae or a large crowd having used the pool, or a larger crowd expected. You can use less pool shock granular chlorine during a super chlorination the goal is not to reach the threshold of breakpoint chlorination, but to bring up the chlorine level to triple or quadruple the normal amount for a short period of time. Super chlorinating your pool bringing the chlorine residual up from 1. Chloramines are those molecules mentioned above that have very little sanitizing power, smell bad like chlorine, and make the eyes red. If you have ever been to a pool that smelled strongly of chlorine and was making your eyes hurt you may have thought that they have too much chlorine in the pool. Actually they have too much combined chlorine in the pool. Free Available Chlorine FAC, in and of itself, does not smell, nor burn the eyes. It sounds counter intuitive to the layman, but a pool that smells of chlorine and burns the eyes needs a lot more chlorine added to the water to reach the point of breakpoint chlorination, where these combined chlorine molecules can be separated. The only way to remove chloramines and the smellburn is to bring the chlorine level up to 1. X the amount of the chloramine level, at which point, all molecular bonds are violently broken. How do I know if I need to shock Well, aside from the burn and itch pool owners can use a DPD pool water test kit. How Do You Patch A Plaster Pool' title='How Do You Patch A Plaster Pool' />As opposed to OTO type test kits with a yellow color, the pink color DPD test kits allow you to test for FAC Free Available Chlorine and TAC Total Available Chlorine. The difference between these two measurements is your level of combined chlorine, or chloramines. It has been established, by Taylor, that anything over. TAC and FAC is a high enough level of chloramines to warrant shocking the pool. Basically, if you see your FAC reading get any darker when you add DPD reagent 3, you should shock the pool. If there is no color change between these two tests no shocking is needed. As mentioned at the start of the article, many people shock the pool weekly, or twice monthly usually because they were told to do so by their pool store, or they heard it somewhere. Usualmente, this is an unnecessary exercise and wasted money. If you need to shock the pool to reach breakpoint chlorination, because of a high chloramine level or an extreme algae condition, by all means go for it. Follow package directions and add a little extra just to make sure you have reached the threshold of breakpoint chlorination. However, if you are just gearing up for a party, or just enjoyed a high bather load, or spot a patch of algae blooming in the corner, you may not need a full shocking generally 1 pound or 1 gallon per 1. Heres some tips on using granular pool shock safely Always read package instructions before adding granular chlorine or liquid chlorine shock to the pool. Always add chlorine to water not water to chlorine. Always use the entire bag, keeping half full bags of chlorine around is very hazardous. Always distribute the chlorine around the pool never add shock to the skimmer. Always keep solar blankets, winter covers and auto covers removed until chlorine level is 3. Always follow instructions on waiting to swim after shocking. Particles can become lodged in your eye. Always check your p. H before shocking and lower if needed into the range of 7. Always brush your pool after shocking, with the pump running, to help quickly distribute the chlorine. Always rinse out your chlorine bags in the pool and allow to dry before disposing. Always add chlorine up wind so that the wind does not blow the powder back in your face. If you would like to Guest Post on our Pool Blog or for permission to repost our Pool Blog onyour website, please contact the author by the email link at the top of the page. Thank you If you like this blog post, please link to us from your site, blog, facebook or twitterHow to Fix Swimming Pool Cracks. Rob Coxby Rob Cox July 1. Fixing Swimming Pool Cracks. Cracks in your inground pool Scary, I know. Cracks in a gunite or concrete pool can conjure up all sorts of fears of worse things. In most cases, pool cracks can be easily and permanently repaired. Lets make a distinction between surface crazing, or check cracks in the plaster, and cracks that run through the pool shell. Its not uncommon for plastered pools to develop small, hairline cracks in the surface of the plaster, especially close to the surface, on the top step for instance. Cracks that run deeper can be seen in the corners, or where a spa wall joins the pool wall, or may develop behind the tile line, in the bond beam of the pool. Heres how to repair cracks in an inground pool, in 3 ways the easy way, moderately difficult, and extreme crack repair. The level of difficulty for pool crack repair also tends to match the level of permanence. The more work you put into repairing a pool crack tends to correspond to the longevity and permanence of the repair. Car Digital Meter Reverse Software on this page. Easy Pool Crack Repair. For small cracks, the easiest repair you can do is to jump in the pool with a mask and a flathead screwdriver. Scrape the screwdriver down the crack to remove any loose material, and widen the crack a little bit. Next, mix up some Pool Putty in equal parts and roll it into a snake. Push the putty into the crack and smooth it out with your hand. Youre done Moderate Pool Crack Repair. For a moderately difficult crack repair, but one with more permanence and more likely to match the plaster color better,  start by draining the pool. Avoid draining the pool after heavy rains, and be sure to pump the pool to a far away location, to be sure the water doesnt run underneath the pool. In pools that are located in a topographical depression, or with a high water table, hydrostatic pressure could possibly pop the pool out of the ground. Once the pool is drained, find your hydrostatic relief plugs plastered into the floor. Chip away the plaster inside of the plug, so you can grab it with straight pliers and unthread the hydrostat plug. Most pools have 4 6 of these plugs. Open up at least 2 of them just in case. Next, widen the crack using a 4 inch grinder. If the crack is small enough, you can also use a drill with a masonry drill bit. You can rent these at any rental shop. Wear eye and ear protection, heavy gloves, boots and long pants. It will get dusty, so a dust mask is also a good idea. Use care if you use a grinder, they are very dangerous and can easily lop off a finger, or cut a deep gash in your leg if it gets away from you. As you widen the crack, use the grinder or drill to dovetail the crack, which means to cut it at an angle, to create a reverse V in the plaster, and into the concrete beneath. A dovetail cut will improve the success of the repair, as it will hold in your patching material much better than a simple V cut. After you have made your cuts, clean out the crack with a garden hose, to remove any loose material and dust. Now you can mix up a small batch of pool plaster mix EZ Patch 1, to fill in the crack. If your crack is over 1 deep, or for replacing large chunks of the pool wall, first use a hydraulic cement, from any hardware store, to fill in most of the area, but leave the top 12 inch or so, to cover over with plaster mix. Be sure that the crack is moist before you fill the crack. For the best bond, paint the crack with a bonding additive, such as Acryl 6. For vertical crack repair, use a slightly drier mix, to avoid slump, and check on it every few minutes it may need a trowel up with a wet trowel. After the crack has been filled with plaster, its important to keep the area moist, to prevent the mix from drying out too rapidly. Lay a wet towel or burlap over the area to keep moisture in. You can also tape plastic over the area, with a few small air holes every few inches. Plaster repair mix is meant to cure underwater, so you can begin to fill the pool immediately after you exit the pool. Extreme Pool Crack Repair. There was a pool that I managed in Mc. Lean, Va that was built on a hillside, overlooking a scenic stream. Years of creep on the hillside beyond had cracked the pool right across the floor, and it was visibly tilted this pool was literally cracked in half. For cracks in the pool that run down the wall and across the floor of the pool, a more agressive approach to crack repair is necessary, using staples. In this crack repair, all of the moderate crack repair steps above are performed with one unique difference. Every foot or so, a horizontal cut is made perpendicular to the crack, holes are drilled on either side, and a steel or carbon fiber staple is epoxied in place. This method locks the pool wall together on both sides of the crack, like a frankenstein stitch. Several companies produce these staples, with the main supplier being Torque. Lock. The staples used on pool cracks are generally about 6 inches wide. After the staples are set in place, the holes are covered up with plaster, or the entire pool can be re plastered or painted. This approach is not needed for most pool cracks, which are not structural, and those for which future movement is not a concern. However, it will provide the best and most permanent repair to large, widespread pool cracking.